John 10:22-33

Contemporary English Version

Jesus Is Rejected

^22 (A) That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival. ²³ One day he was walking in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch,^{[a] 24} and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”

²⁵ Jesus answered:

I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am. ²⁶ But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me. ²⁷ My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me, ²⁸ and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand. ^29 (B) My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others.^[b] No one can snatch them from his hands, ³⁰ and I am one with the Father.

³¹ Once again the people picked up stones in order to kill Jesus. ³² But he said, “I have shown you many good things my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?”

³³ They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”